$10m-$19.9m

VTT Ventures has supported a $13.7m series A round for the institute's spinout Dispelix, which is working on see-through displays.

SMS Group has backed a $19.5m series C for Omeicos Therapeutics to enable the Helmholtz spinout to advance its treatment for atrial fibrillation into a phase 2 trial.

Institut Pasteur spinout Invectys will use the funding to advance a drug candidate for a type of leukaemia into a phase 2 trial.

Fosun Pharma has committed series A funding to Glycotest, a liver disease diagnostics developer based on research at Baruch S. Blumberg Institute and Drexel University.

Datum Invest has led a $15.3m round for educational game platform Kahoot, which is the result of research at Norwegian University of Technology and Science.

The George Washington spinout had previously raised $4.1m in equity for its low-voltage implantable cardiac defibrillator.

Stanford spin-out Ayasdi receives $10.25m in series A financing for launch from Khosla Ventures and FLOODGATE.

Germany-based media company Bertelsmann and the university venturing fund it recently backed have joined venture firms Kapor Capital, Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Greylock Partners backing the on-line university network.

US-based internet university company Coursera nets the funds from venture firms, as it signs up top US universities like Princeton and Stanford offering courses for free.